The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, February 16, 1995
Waning Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 PM
7:39 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 892
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 194.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 327.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 49m / 3.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.38° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.51° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 130.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.